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HISTORY and MILITARY Books #235

HISTORY and MILITARY Books #235

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NAPOLEON As Military Commander by James Marshall Cornwall

NAPOLEON As Military Commander by James Marshall Cornwall

Lot # 26      

Very good condition, Barnes Noble Publishers. "Tracing Napoleon's development as both a general and statesman, distinguished historian James Marshall-Cornwall brings to l...moreife the career of one of history's greatest military strategists. Focusing on the two decades during which Napoleon achieved his greatest triumphs and suffered his most heartbreaking defeats, this thoroughly researched study keenly analyzes how, like Oliver Cromwell, Napoleon combined strategy and statecraft throughout his career. From his most brilliant campaigns-in particular his conquest of Piedmont and his triumphant invasion of Italy-to the disasters at Trafalgar, in the Iberian Peninsula, in Russia, at Leipzig, and his final downfall at Waterloo, Napoleon as Military Commander tells the story of a general whose defeats were as remarkable as his victories."

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SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD by M.T. Anderson - SIEGE OF LENINGRAD

SYMPHONY FOR THE CITY OF THE DEAD by M.T. Anderson - SIEGE OF LENINGRAD

Lot # 27      

Very good condition, Candlewick Press, hardcover. "In September 1941, Adolf Hitler’s Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most dest...moreructive sieges in Western history—almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943–1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture, and floorboards to keep warm; they ate family pets and—eventually—one another to stay alive. Trapped between the Nazi invading force and the Soviet government itself was composer Dmitri Shostakovich, who would write a symphony that roused, rallied, eulogized, and commemorated his fellow citizens—the Leningrad Symphony, which came to occupy a surprising place of prominence in the eventual Allied victory. This is the true story of a city under siege: the triumph of bravery and defiance in the face of terrifying odds. It is also a look at the power—and layered meaning—of music in beleaguered lives. Symphony for the City of the Dead is a masterwork thrillingly told and impeccably researched by National Book Award–winning author M. T. Anderson."

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THE STORM OF WAR - A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Robers

THE STORM OF WAR - A New History of the Second World War by Andrew Robers

Lot # 28      

Very good condition, hardcover, Harper Collins, owner inscription. "Roberts's populist approach makes for a rollicking good read and never comes at the expense of accurac...morey. His mastery of the huge variety of subjects is truly impressive and his ability to marshal these subjects into a single compelling narrative stunning." —The Daily Telegraph

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THE DAY OF BATTLE - The War in Sicily and Italy by Rick Atkinson WW2

THE DAY OF BATTLE - The War in Sicily and Italy by Rick Atkinson WW2

Lot # 29      

Very good condition, hardcover, Henry Holt & Company. "In An Army at Dawn?winner of the Pulitzer Prize?Rick Atkinson provided an authoritative history of the Allied trium...moreph in North Africa during World War II. Now, in The Day of Battle, he follows the strengthening American and British armies as they invade Sicily in July 1943 and then, mile by bloody mile, fight their way north toward Rome. The decision to invade the so-called soft underbelly of Europe was controversial, but once under way, the commitment to liberate Italy from the Nazis never wavered. The battles at Salerno, Anzio, the Rapido River, and Monte Cassino were particularly lethal, yet as the months passed, the Allied forces continued to drive the Germans up the Italian peninsula. And with the liberation of Rome in June 1944, ultimate victory at last began to seem inevitable. Drawing on a wide array of primary source material, written with great drama and flair, The Day of Battle is a masterly account of one of history's most compelling military campaigns."

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DEATHRIDE - HITLER vs. STALIN 1941-1945 by John Mosier

DEATHRIDE - HITLER vs. STALIN 1941-1945 by John Mosier

Lot # 30      

Very good condition, Simon Shuster & Company, hardcover. "The German invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, began a war that lasted nearly four years and created ...moreby far the bloodiest theater in World War II. In the conventional narrative of this war, Hitler was defeated by Stalin because, like Napoleon, he underestimated the size and resources of his enemy. In fact, says historian John Mosier, Hitler came very close to winning and lost only because of the intervention of the western Allies. Stalin’s great triumph was not winning the war, but establishing the prevailing interpretation of the war. The Great Patriotic War, as it is known in Russia, would eventually prove fatal, setting in motion events that would culminate in the collapse of the Soviet Union.Deathride argues that the Soviet losses in World War II were unsustainable and would eventually have led to defeat. The Soviet Union had only twice the population of Germany at the time, but it was suffering a casualty rate more than two and a half times the German rate. Because Stalin had a notorious habit of imprisoning or killing anyone who brought him bad news (and often their families as well), Soviet battlefield reports were fantasies, and the battle plans Soviet generals developed seldom responded to actual circumstances. In this respect the Soviets waged war as they did everything else: through propaganda rather than actual achievement. What saved Stalin was the Allied decision to open the Mediterranean theater. Once the Allies threatened Italy, Hitler was forced to withdraw his best troops from the eastern front and redeploy them. In addition, the Allies provided heavy vehicles that the Soviets desperately needed and were unable to manufacture themselves. It was not the resources of the Soviet Union that defeated Hitler but the resources of the West. In this provocative revisionist analysis of the war between Hitler and Stalin, Mosier provides a dramatic, vigorous narrative of events as he shows how most previous histories accepted Stalin’s lies and distortions to produce a false sense of Soviet triumph. Deathride is the real story of the Eastern Front, fresh and different from what we thought we knew."

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INTO THE SILENCE The Great War, Mallory, and the CONQUEST OF EVEREST

INTO THE SILENCE The Great War, Mallory, and the CONQUEST OF EVEREST

Lot # 31      

Very good condition, hardcover, Alfred Knopf NY (2011) "The definitive story of the British adventurers who survived the trenches of World War I and went on to risk their...more lives climbing Mount Everest. On June 6, 1924, two men set out from a camp perched at 23,000 feet on an ice ledge just below the lip of Everest’s North Col. George Mallory, thirty-seven, was Britain’s finest climber. Sandy Irvine was a twenty-two-year-old Oxford scholar with little previous mountaineering experience. Neither of them returned. Drawing on more than a decade of prodigious research, bestselling author and explorer Wade Davis vividly re-creates the heroic efforts of Mallory and his fellow climbers, setting their significant achievements in sweeping historical context: from Britain’s nineteen-century imperial ambitions to the war that shaped Mallory’s generation. Theirs was a country broken, and the Everest expeditions emerged as a powerful symbol of national redemption and hope. In Davis’s rich exploration, he creates a timeless portrait of these remarkable men and their extraordinary times."

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